Flowered shirts were in fashion in England, and together the youth of the kingdom formed a joyous bouquet. No drugs! Well, perhaps some...

“Live Aid was incredible!” William said to Susan.           “Absolutely unbelievable. I’ve never seen anything like it. Most memorable...

Secret agents serving the English crown were not chosen on a whim: first and foremost, in order to serve Her Majesty one required a keen...

The date was 7 December, 1972. It was the first time that an Apollo crew had taken off at night, and Apollo 17 was to be the last...

“Listen, the Fiat 500 is the most powerful car in all of Italy. I don’t believe in other modes of transport. The only thing I believe in...

In his apartment in Greenwich, in the suburbs of London, Wilfred Dowman rose from his bed – not without difficulty. His rest had been...

“I love you, Grandpa!” his granddaughter told him.  On the west coast of Cotentin, a light breeze had risen with the high tide. Lined...

Marc had just turned eighteen, and had managed to scrape a high enough score to pass his baccalaureate exam on the first try. This meant...

Aurélie had not noticed the time going by, and had lost sight of her parents during the July procession. She prayed silently as she lit a...

This morning, Robert had been roused from his sleep by the sound of another explosion in Palermo. No-one knew exactly what was going on...

Once upon a time there were four sisters, two of whom would grow up to become stars of French cinema: Françoise, the eldest, and...

Everyone knows the poster that director Quentin Tarantino is pointing to here: it was for his latest feature-length movie, Pulp Fiction ,...

Maria was born in 1905, aboard a train traveling from her parents’ home village of Tyrol to a hospital in Vienna, Austria. She was too...

The London sky was grey and foggy. Beneath the clouds, Londoners rushed into underground stations and jostled at bus stops, with...

My name is David Porter, and I’m a Londoner born and raised. I'm an old hand around here, in Notting Hill, where all the wealthy families...

Antonella had lifted the lids from two of her biggest pots, and they became her cymbals as she stepped into the doorway to remind the...

The Beatles’ eighth studio album, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, had just been released in the UK. It was a roaring success and...

On this June morning in 1944, somewhere in Sainte-Mère-Église, Madame Hale was hastily getting ready. The American soldiers would soon be...

In Brittany, in the village of Saint-Briac-sur-Mer, the locals had spent a sleepless night. The bombardments had kept the village on...

On this Sunday afternoon, the streets of Salford were quiet and deserted save for the few children playing outside. In this small...